摘要：Classroom teachers measured children's social competence(SC). Thirty two children were observed while they participated in cooperative art activities in homogeneous(high SC with high sC,or low SC with low SC) and heterogencous(mixed SC) groups. Results showed that positive peer interaction was the most frequent type of interaction. Children with lower levels of social competence worked alone rather than in peer interaction. Children with higher levels of social competence showed more positive peer interaction. *Imitating,a sub-item of dependent peer interaction,was most frequent in children with lower levels of social competence. Higher SC children maintained high SC regardless of grouping. but lower SC children showed significant differences in peer interaction between homogeneous and heterogeneous groups..
关键词：working cooperatively;peer interaction;social competence groups
